Defn: The common European bittern.
TROMMEL
Trom"mel, n. Etym: [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining)
Defn: A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
Raymond.
TROMP Tromp, n. Etym: [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]
Defn: A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]
TROMP; TROMPE
Tromp, Trompe, n. Etym: [See Trump a trumpet.]
Defn: A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TROMPIL
Tromp"il, n. Etym: [OF. trompille, equiv. to F. trompette a trumpet.]
Defn: An aperture in a tromp.
TRON
Tron, n.